PERSONAL.
Mr Sidney Stevens, Kohuratahi. has been passed as medically fit for the Reinforcements. Captain J. W. McMillan, of the National Reserve, has generously offer' ed his services as honorary secretary of the Patriotic Committee. A .pretty wedding was celebrated at the Methodist Church yesterday utternoon, when Miss V. Mills, youngest daughter of Mr W. T. Mills." of Denbigh Road, Midhirst. Mas married to Mr \V; Brown, eldest son of Mr .Joseph Brown, chairman of the Tarauaki County Council. The bride was given away by her father. Misses A. Mills. K. Brown, and K. Cook, acted as flower girls, while Mr Leu Brown was best man, ano Mr •). Mills .groomsman. After the ceremony had been performed by the Rev. A. Reader, the happy couple left the Church while the Wedding March wa s being played by Miss Hopkins. Mr and Mrs Brown intend spending a lew days in the South. Trooper dames Michael Hagerty, "killed in action" at the Dardanelles." was the well-known horseman and boxer. As a cross-country rider he was iu good demand in the South Island, and he was engaged extensively as ;i trainer, acting in this capacity for Mr .1. C. N. Grigg when he enlisted with the main Expeditionary Koroce. As a boxer be was in the front flight. He won (be featherweight and lightweight amateur championships of Australia and New Zealand, and subsequently he won the lightweight professional championship of New Zealand, holding it against all-comers both from New Zealand and Australia. Hagerty was about twenty-seven years of age. A brother is the well-known | jockey, 1,. Hagerty. |
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Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXVIII, Issue 22, 24 September 1915, Page 4
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263PERSONAL. Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXVIII, Issue 22, 24 September 1915, Page 4
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